April 29, 2020Comments Off on Drug proves effective against virus as economic damage rises

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe.

April 29, 2020Comments Off on Laid-off US workers face foreign world of insurance shopping

Mass layoffs are pushing many Americans into an unfamiliar role: shopping for health insurance that isn’t offered by an employer. Here are some steps to take if you wind up on the market for new coverage.

The parent company of Lysol warned Friday that its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus after President Trump said that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and wondered aloud if they could be injected into people.

April 23, 2020Comments Off on ‘We’ve been ignored’: Nursing homes plead for more testing

After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don’t have access to enough tests to help control outbreaks among their frail, elderly residents.